Watershed ecohydrological processes in a changing environment: opportunities and challenges

Z Cao, S Wang, P Luo, D **e, W Zhu - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Basin ecohydrological processes are essential for informing policymaking and social
development in response to growing environmental problems. In this paper, we review …

[HTML][HTML] Africa's drylands in a changing world: Challenges for wildlife conservation under climate and land-use changes in the Greater Etosha Landscape

WC Turner, S Périquet, CE Goelst, KB Vera… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Proclaimed in 1907, Etosha National Park in northern Namibia is an iconic dryland
system with a rich history of wildlife conservation and research. A recent research …

Climate mediates the biodiversity–ecosystem stability relationship globally

P García-Palacios, N Gross, J Gaitán… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The insurance hypothesis, stating that biodiversity can increase ecosystem stability, has
received wide research and political attention. Recent experiments suggest that climate …

Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: critical issues and technical advances

L Wang, P d'Odorico, JP Evans… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2012 - hess.copernicus.org
Drylands cover about 40% of the terrestrial land surface and account for approximately 40%
of global net primary productivity. Water is fundamental to the biophysical processes that …

It is getting hotter in here: determining and projecting the impacts of global environmental change on drylands

FT Maestre, R Salguero-Gómez… - … Transactions of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Drylands occupy large portions of the Earth, and are a key terrestrial biome from the socio-
ecological point of view. In spite of their extent and importance, the impacts of global …

Climate change‐induced vegetation shifts lead to more ecological droughts despite projected rainfall increases in many global temperate drylands

B Tietjen, DR Schlaepfer, JB Bradford… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Drylands occur worldwide and are particularly vulnerable to climate change because
dryland ecosystems depend directly on soil water availability that may become increasingly …

Dynamics of global dryland vegetation were more sensitive to soil moisture: Evidence from multiple vegetation indices

H Liu, Y Liu, Y Chen, M Fan, Y Chen, C Gang… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
The prominent role of drylands in the global ecosystem calls for a deeper understanding of
the responses of dryland vegetation to ongoing environmental drivers in the context of …

Global changes in dryland vegetation dynamics (1988–2008) assessed by satellite remote sensing: comparing a new passive microwave vegetation density record …

N Andela, YY Liu, A Van Dijk, RAM De Jeu… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
Drylands, covering nearly 30% of the global land surface, are characterized by high climate
variability and sensitivity to land management. Here, two satellite-observed vegetation …

Improving soil moisture prediction with deep learning and machine learning models

FT Teshome, HK Bayabil, B Schaffer… - … and Electronics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Reliable soil moisture (SM) data is critical for effective water resources management, yet its
accurate measurement and prediction remain challenging. This study was conducted to …

Threshold behaviour in hydrological systems as (human) geo-ecosystems: manifestations, controls, implications

E Zehe, M Sivapalan - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2009 - hess.copernicus.org
In this paper we review threshold behaviour in environmental systems, which are often
associated with the onset of floods, contamination and erosion events, and other …